Widow's Howling Bridge [30x40] [4K] [jpg/webp]

Adventure hook

Twelve kilometers south of the city of Kravikk lays the silent village of Thurgowost. Cestmir Vargol, the local burgomaster, always tried to keep safe the citizens under his protection. The village was but a small hamlet though, and his means were few. Being the sole community guarding the main road to Kravikk and watching over the only bridge on the river Yarig, the problems were many. Bandits attacked convoys trying to pass the Yarig on a daily basis. When the bandits did not attack, it meant they were decimated by some horde of monsters.

Nevertheless the problems of the outside, the burgomaster Vargol had to deal with the troublemakers of the inside too. Frequently, the town of Kravikk would send criminals, so-called witches and dissenting magi to Thurgovost to be executed. The village being the first settlement on the road to Kravikk, it acted as a warning to travellers and potential troublemakers. The convicts were to be locked in a human size cage then brought to the river. They would spend the cold night on the bridge, waiting, sobbing, howling. The next day, when dawn breaks, their cage would be plunged in the freezing waters until their life fades away. Burgomaster Vargol would not accomplish his gruesome duty by  pleasurebut he would do it nonetheless. It was part of the job afterall. A mean to protect his population in some twisted way.

In time, Thurgovost declined but the bridge's sinister reputation remained etched in the memory of men.

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